The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.